229: Time Blocking

Can time blocking, time chunking, or time stacking help you get things done more efficiently or effectively? We dive into the subject on this episode of GTD® VSG. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• FocusMate

• Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

• The Unschedule by Dr Neil Fiore

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown

• Calendly

• ScheduleOnce

• Doodle

• LettuceMeet

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228: Read Later, Etc.

How do you manage all your read later, watch later, consume later type stuff, like articles, videos, podcasts, periodicals, subscriptions, blogs, webinars? We talk about our favorite ways on this episode of the GTD® VSG. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Pocket

• Evernote

• Feedly

• Feedly Pro

• Amazon Prime Wishlist/Watchlist

• Netflix

• Google Play Movies

• Reel Good

• Go Watch It

• Just Watch

• The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman

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227: Project Reference & Support Materials

Project Support Materials. Everyone has a different way of handling this all important piece of the GTD® puzzle. The VSG shares how they do it with their systems. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Evernote

• One Note

• TaskClone & Google Calendar

• TaskClone & Evernote

• Evernote Calendar Integration via Cronofy

• Basecamp

• Asana

• Slack

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226: Waiting For

Waiting For is such an important part of the GTD® Methodology. In this episode, we share our tips and tricks for managing Waiting For for ourselves and others. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Outlook

• Streak in Gmail

• Braintoss app

• Followup.cc

• Curt Clifton OmniFocus Scripts

• Nudge feature in G-Suite

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225: Higher Horizons

Big goals and life changes… the thing of Higher Horizons! We deep dive into this topic on this episode. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Start With Why by Simon Sinek

• Find Your Why by Simon Sinek, David Mead, and Peter Docker

• The Desire Map by Danielle Laporte

• Making It All Work by David Allen

• The 8th Habit Covey by Dr. Stephen R. Covey

• The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington

• Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

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224: Year End Review and Higher Horizons

The end of year is a great time to reflect and plan for the next year. It’s also the perfect time to revisit, and possibly reimagine, your higher horizons. We talk about this and more in this episode of the GTD® VSG. Enjoy!  

Resources from the call:

• Making It All Work by David Allen

• The 8th Habit by Dr. Stephen R. Covey

• Start with Why by Simon Sinek

• Find Your Why by Simon Sinek, David Mead, and Peter Docker

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223: System Tweaks

Sometimes our systems need a little tweak. Sometimes they don’t. We dive into the topic on this episode of the GTD® VSG. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• GTD® Weekly Review Checklist

• GTD® Friday Weekly Review Accountability Facebook Group

• Commit30

• Reminders app on iPhone

• Circa binder

• Leuchtturm 1917 Notebooks - dot matrix

• Bullet Journal

• Remember The Milk

• The Twelve Week Year by Brain P. Moran and Michael Lennington

• Pilot Eraseable Pen

• Making It All Work by David Allen

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Dr. Stephen R. Covey

• The 8th Habit Covey by Dr. Stephen R. Covey

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Apologies for the sound quality on this one!

222: System Maintenance

How do you stay on track and keep your GTD® system maintained? Hear how the GTD® VSG does it. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• Bullet Journal

• GTD-Q Assessment

• The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington

• 18-minute Rule by Peter Bregman

• Brain.fm

• 43Folders.com

• OmniFocus

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Special thanks to John Chidiac for capturing the resources for this episode!

221: Reviews of All Kinds

How often do you Review? In this episode we discuss reviews of all kind. Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• The Unschedule by Dr Neil Fiore

• Ray Sidney-Smith - Unschedule - Anti-Procrastination Productivity System from Neil Fiore - The Now Habit

• iThoughts app

• 18 Minutes by Peter Bregman

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220: GTD Tips

GTD Tips and Tricks Galore!!! Enjoy!

Resources from the call:

• GTD® Virtual Study Group podcast by Topic

• Getting Things Done® by David Allen Abridged audio book 

• LinkedIn Learning course on Getting Things Done by David Allen (formerly Lynda.com)

• GTD Connect

• Project Planning course GTD.com

• Zen to Done by Leo Baubuta

• The 12 Week Year by Brian P Moran and Michael Lennington

• Procrastinate on Purpose by Rory Vaden

• The 8th Habit by Dr Stephen R. Covey

• Making It All Work by David Allen

• Start With Why by Simon Sinek

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown

• ReWork by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson

• The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

• The 5-Hour Workday by Stephan Aarstol

• Productivity Book Group

• The Productivity Show podcast

• Everlast Notebooks - Rocketbook, new plastic version

• Livescribe

• Good Notes App on iPad Pro

• Evernote

• Omnifocus

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Special thanks to John Chidiac for capturing the resources for this episode!